[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer 8-1-1922. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Assessment and levy of taxes — See Title VII.
Collection of taxes and local assessments — See
Title VIII.
Sale of real property to satisfy tax liens — See
Title IX.
Arrears sale — See Title X.
The offices of City Assessors, together with the Board of Assessors,
are hereby abolished, and a Department of Assessment and Taxation,
as authorized by Chapter 300 of the Laws of 1921, is hereby created.
The Department of Assessment and Taxation shall be constituted
as follows: the Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation and such assistants
as the Common Council may authorize or prescribe by resolution or
ordinance, who shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law.
[Added 7-16-1952]
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the
Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation may appoint and at pleasure
remove a Deputy Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation, who shall
be authorized to act, subject to the direction of the Commissioner
of Assessment and Taxation, generally for and in place of his principal
and who shall perform all the duties and possess all the powers of
the Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation during the latter's
absence or inability to act or in the event of a vacancy in such office.
The salary of the Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation shall
be not less than $1,200, to be fixed and determined by the Common
Council.